Location and Classification
Steigerdell is an officially registered single vineyard in the wine-growing region Nahe, in the Nahe valley area, and within the Großlage Burgweg. The site belongs to the municipality Bad Kreuznach; the cadastral district is Bad Münster am Stein.
Rotefels-Massif
The vineyards of Steigerdell are assigned to the Rotefels-Massif between Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg and Norheim. The massif reaches 327 metres above sea level and forms an approximately 202-metre-high and 1,200-metre-long rock face.
Rock and Legal Registration
The Rotefels-Massif associated with Steigerdell consists of reddish rhyolite, a porphyritic rock with a fine-crystalline structure. It was formed by volcanic activity around 270 to 260 million years ago. Steigerdell is registered as a legally recorded single vineyard under the wine site key 511115. The 2024 wine site directory lists the planted area as “n/a”; this designation refers to a wine site owned exclusively by a single operating winery.
